Theosophical Society

Madame Blavatsky died, having appointed AB the Chief Secretary of the Theosophical Society .

AB visited India for the first time to attend a Theosophical Society convention; the subcontinent became her home.

The last pamphlet published by AB before her death appeared through the Theosophical Society , The Bearing of Religious Ideals on Social Reorganization.

Stead had previously given her what became a highly influential book for her, Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine. With Henry Steele Olcott , Madame Blavatsky had founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. AB , delighted...

Her first object in India was to attend the eighteenth annual convention of the Theosophical Society . She also toured Theosophical branches.

By 1907 she was the president of the Theosophical Society .

She was convinced by Charles Leadbeater that the former was the World Teacher who would lead the Theosophists .

MC 's mother was German and her father was Scots (as was the man she later married). Both before and after her marriage she belonged to families that were in comfortable financial circumstances: her birth...

CC joined the French Section of the Theosophical Society . She first attended the Lodge Dharma in Geneva and became interested in the Masters of the Wisdom.

On several Saturdays during these months, The Times included in its list of Sunday religious services in London CC 's conduct of Theosophical Society meetings.

CC returned to Australia years after her first lengthy visit. On this occasion she became the General Secretary of the Australian section of the Theosophical Society , 1935-1936.

CC travelled to South Africa. She planned to lecture there for only two years, but the Second World War caused her to stay for over eight. During this time she was also the General...

While in Geneva, CC was first exposed to Theosophy. Her neighbour Madame von Pachten brought her to Theosophical Society meetings, one of which was a lecture by Colonel Henry Olcott .

In 1906 CC became the first National Lecturer for the English Section of the Theosophical Society . She had never lectured before and was nervous about her new title. However, she felt she must...

CC travelled to the international headquarters of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, India, to train further in Theosophy. When she first arrived she felt a strong sense of peace and noted that Adyar was...